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In reply to the discussion: Justice Dept. grants immunity to staffer who set up Clinton email server [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)But he was paid SEPARATELY and directly as a private contractor to work on this email server, so responsibility for any of his government is absent. He did not do this as part of his government job.
Suppose you have a mechanic who works for the local Ford dealership. You need something done on your car, and you pay this mechanic to do it on weekends. This is a separate transaction not having to do with the mechanic's employment at the dealership.
Suppose that the new whatever fails after six months. You can't show up at the dealership and demand that they make it right - they bear no responsibility for the work in the first place. The only legal option you have is to privately take the mechanic who did it to small claims court - he is the only responsible party.